296 Affordable PhD programmes in Germany

A structured training Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology programme from University of Konstanz provides scientific as well as transferable skill courses. Our doctoral researchers benefit from our partnerships with academic institutions and leading companies around the world.

One of our main objectives is the mentoring of excellent PhDs. We always welcome outstanding students and researchers, and we encourage them to apply. The PhD Program in Computer Science at the University of Kaiserslautern provides an ideal environment for pursuing a doctoral degree in the area of Computer Science at an internationally competitive level. 

The doctoral program "Microbiology and Biochemistry" is a member of the Göttingen Graduate Center for Neurosciences, Biophysics, and Molecular Biosciences (GGNB). It is hosted by the Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB) and is conducted jointly by the University of Göttingen and the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry.

Our Doctoral Photonics program at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena greatly assists in developing individual science careers in the fields of Optics, Photonics and Quantum Technology by providing professional and practical course opportunities and advancing soft skills development. 

The main goal of the doctoral programme in Neurosciences offered by the Interdisciplinary Center for Neurosciences at Heidelberg University is to promote the quality of science performed by its members, boost collaboration, provide joint service units, and contribute to the integration of basic and clinical neurosciences. 

The Faculty of Theology at the Heidelberg University offers the option of a structured Theology doctoral program towards a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.).

The Graduate School of North American Studies (GSNAS) at Freie Universität Berlin aims to prepare doctoral students for the various challenges they will encounter in their future careers.

The Faculty of Georesources and Material Technology is entitled to confer the titles of Dr.-Ing. and Dr. rer. nat. At RWTH Aachen University, a doctoral program is viewed as a graduate's first practical work experience. 

The Faculty and several affiliated institutes and their research facilities have developed a multifaceted Ph.D. Program, which allows for modern and highly sophisticated training and education of our Ph.D. students. Join this Biosciences program at Heidelberg University.

The Doctoral Training Program (DTP) at Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich is one central training component of the MCLS, the Munich Center of the Learning Sciences. 

The Medical Research - International Health degree was established as an integrative institution, which aims to coordinate existing excellence projects on development cooperation at Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich.

Economic inequality shapes our times. The research training group in The Macroeconomics of Inequality provides a unique research environment that brings together ambitious doctoral students, expert members of the University of Bonn economics faculty, and external academics.

The main focus of the training is to provide an introduction to independent research. Students in the Experimental Geosciences programme from University of Bayreuth are not only supervised by one doctoral supervisor alone, but by a whole group of scientists. 

The doctoral programme "Space and Society" of the Bayreuth Graduate School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (BayNAT) is supported by the Department of Geography of the University of Bayreuth.

At the University of Bayreuth, we offer our graduate students a phd programme degree in Analysis, Algebra and Geometry.

Regeneration is the renewal of degenerated or lost cells, tissues or organs within an organism. Such regenerative processes are mainly based on the action of specific stem or progenitor cells that possess the capacity to proliferate and differentiate into the required cell-types. This Regenerative and Degenerative Biology programme is offered at TU Dresden.

Future Rural Africa is an interdisciplinary collaborative research center involving geographers, anthropologists, political scientists, agroeconomists, soil scientists and ecologists from the University of Bonn and the University of Cologne.

The Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy at the University of Würzburg offers doctoral training in each field within the Faculty.

The Department Health and Sport Sciences at the Technical University of Munich School of Medicine and Health offers a research programme leading to a PhD degree.

The doctoral program in In situ Microscopy with Electrons, X-rays and Scanning Probes at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) combines, for the first time, three pillars of nanocharacterization into a structured research training group.